Tag Archives: Environment

LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - Three anti-wind power groups are suing New Jersey to overturn a key environmental approval for a wind energy farm planned off the coast of Long Beach Island. Save Long...

EDMONTON - A corporate decision to mothball Canada's largest carbon capture and storage plan is likely the result of financial uncertainty and technological risks, analysts suggest. Capital Power's de...

OTTAWA - Environmental groups say the Liberal government is giving up its authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions through proposed amendments to the federal Impact Assessment Act. "We are conce...

OTTAWA - Canada's latest greenhouse-gas emissions report shows the country making progress toward meeting its next target in 2030 - but there is still a very long way to go. The 2022 report published ...

TORONTO - Ontario's Ministry of the Environment has ordered a petrochemical facility in Sarnia to suspend its production operations after high benzene emissions, first flagged by a neighbouring First ...

LYTTON, B.C. - British Columbia's auditor general says his office is doing a review of the province's response to the 2021 wildfire that devastated the community of Lytton, B.C. Michael Pickup says in...

PEGUIS, Man. - A Manitoba First Nation has declared a state of emergency in response to a health crisis caused by repeated flooding. Peguis First Nation says it has endured persistent flooding over th...

CALGARY - The long-awaited Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is complete and the Canada Energy Regulator has given the go-ahead for the project to open. The regulator said Tuesday it has approved the ...

The Alberta government is helping fund what it says is Canada's first test site for geothermal energy drilling techniques. Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz says the province will spend $750,000 to ...

OTTAWA - All options to eliminate plastic waste are still on the table in negotiations for a global plastic treaty, including putting legislated caps on how much plastic the world produces in the firs...